Thursday, June 10, 2010

Arrivederci!

It's that time of year again la bella Italia awaits me and mine. The other half of me calls from across the ocean blue for inspiration, scents, tastes, clear blue waters, endless blue sky and treasures in each and every mercatino I find. This rosemary perfumed air, cobbled streets and linens flapping along clotheslines filling every balcony and terrace that have been for centuries inform my collections subconsciously. I wait all year each year to return to the other land from whence I came, meta' e meta'. There is no greater muse, no place more restorative. Addio, until I return with hand crocheted neck warmers, fabrics and heirloom jewels, I leave you with a view.

And why Artemisia?

Judith and Abra await before fleeing the scene of Holofones murder this painting by Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the reasons I borrowed her name. Her use of light and intensity of emotion in this period when only men like Caravaggio had been able to so eloquently move paint this way is stunning. The hurdles she had to jump to be given the opportunity to paint simply because she was a woman make her tenacity as a painter admirable.

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Each article of the Artemisian has been hand picked from Antique dealers or estate sales from around the globe and brought back to be disassembled and repurposed in the US by craftsman in a nurturing environment at fair wages. Each piece is one of kind and handmade using techniques and materials that promise to be eco responsible to our planet. Due to the nature of these practices and the work, the Artemisian collections are spontaneous and influenced by our travels, sometimes plenty and sometimes few. Made with mindfulness, wear consciously.